The Pampero

The Illustrated London News,
vol. 44,
no. 1238,
p. 12.

January 2, 1864

THE PAMPERO.

This vessel, launched a short time ago
from the building-yard of Messrs. J. G. Thomson, Glasgow, has created
a good deal of interest, owing to a suspicion being pretty generally
entertained that it was intended to make her a consort to the Alabama,
Georgia, and Florida. Shortly after being launched, the Emancipation
Society at Glasgow addressed a memorial to Earl Russell, stating that
they had reasons for supposing her to be for that service, and praying
for an investigation into the matter. To this Earl Russell replied
that the attention of her Majesty's Government had already been
directed to this vessel. No interference with the vessel took place
beyond posting customs officers near her berth and moving from
Greenock the gun-boat Goldfinch, one of the tenders to her Majesty's
ship Hogue, stationed there, and placing her on the opposite side of
the harbour to the Pampero. Recently, the Lord Advocate of Scotland
instructed the customs authorities to detain her, and she is now in
charge of a gang of bluejackets. The Pampero is a handsome steamer of
1000 tons, builder's measurement; length, 230 ft.; beam, 32 ft.;
depth, 20 ft.; with direct-acting engines of 200-horse power. She is
finely sparred, and her main and foremasts, of iron, are capable of
spreading a large area of canvas. Her funnel is telescopic. She has
lifting screw, and patent reefing topsails. Our Engraving of the
Pampero is from a sketch by Mr. Hugh Aird, of Glasgow.